BUZZARD BUZZARD BUZZARD

Listening to the new album by Cardiff four-piece Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard made me think about the concept of the guilty pleasure and how a song, a band or a sound can make the sudden leap from ironic nostalgia to something relevant and vital. These cycles come and go, the old gets made new then grows old again, buffeted by whatever recontextualisation the current culture demands. Though creativity will always do its own thing, it’s exhilarating to be on the crest of a wave. And I wonder if I’m listening to the sound of the swell of such a wave.

, out on 23 Feb is bold in its reworking of an era of rock that has perhaps never been this closely referenced since its original incarnation. The songs are intricately crafted in the vein of 1970s pop rock, filtered through a rose-tinted britpop lens. They evoke a glam universe where ‘take it away, everybody, let’s rock!’ – as BBB exclaim on the song – is an earnest, even profound